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Vintage Dancer | 1920s Fashion | 1920s Black Fashion, African American Clothing Photos

1920s Black Fashion, African American Clothing Photos

1920s Fashion History

26 Feb 2021

1920s black women and men’s fashion, clothing, and outfits worn by real people — some famous, some entertainers, some unknown. Most are African Americans in the 1920s, middle to upper classes.

1920 Evening Gown and Hat
1921 white brimmed hat with flowers
1921 White Brimmed Hat with Flowers

U Penn Gamma Chapter ladies, 1921, led by Sadie Alexander (Left in glasses) black women college students
1921 U Penn Gamma Chapter Ladies, 1921, led by Sadie Alexander (Left in Glasses)
1921 Two Men in Young and Conservative Suits (Candace, député de la Guadeloupe et Diagne )
1921 (Candace, député de la Guadeloupe et Diagne )

1922 Tut Jackson and Jack Johnson
1922 Tut Jackson and Jack Johnson
1922 Long dress in embroidered white lawn
1922 Long dress in Embroidered White Lawn

1922 Portrait of Hazel Mcelroy black women hairstyle evening dress African American
1922 Portrait of Hazel Mcelroy
Wedding, early 1920s black African American clothing fashion outfits
Wedding, Early 1920s

Bessie Smith wears a Lace Evening Dress to Sing in Harlem
A group of African American vaudeville entertainers, early 1920s
A Group of African American Vaudeville Entertainers, early 1920s

1922 A negro family just arrived in Chicago from the rural South noir
1922 – “A Negro Family just Arrived in Chicago from the Rural South”
Marcus Garvey, 1924 activist African American
Marcus Garvey, 1924 Activist

1920s big and tall men fat man Prince Kojo Tovalou-Houénou, 1924
1924 Prince Kojo Tovalou-Houénou
1920s mens casual fashion Sweaters, vests, trousers and hats
Sweaters, Vests, Trousers, and Hats

Afternoon dresses
Afternoon Dresses
James VanDerZee, Studio Portrait of Young Man with Telephone, 1929, Black Suit Men’s Noir

Early 1920s (around 1922-1924) black woman evening dress and pearls photo African American
Early 1920s (around 1922-1924)
Richard Samuel Roberts, Photographer

1920ss stockings for black women: The ladies from the Covered Wagon Whist Club wore a variety of stocking colors.
The Ladies from the Covered Wagon Whist Club wore a Variety of Stocking Colors
Uneven hem party dress
Uneven Hem Party Dress (look at those fabulous shoes!)

Late 1920s embroidered skirt on the Left
Late 1920s Embroidered Skirt on the Left
Middy top navy blue dress 1920s black woman
Middy Top Navy Blue Dress

Early 20s white dresses
Early 20s White Dresses
1920s woman in a white dress
1920s Woman in a White Dress

Mid 1920s
Mid 1920s
1920s female and black African Americanpilot
1920s Female Pilot

Aleila Walker of the Madame C.J. Walker Laboratories hair care company
Aleila Walker of the Madame C.J. Walker Laboratories Hair Care Company
Wow! Fur Coats

New York, Harlem 1927, black flappers in fur coats
New York, Harlem 1927, Black Flappers in Fur Coats
Early to mid 1920s black women fashion clothing dress hair African American
Early to Mid 1920s

Poet and Critic Jessie Redmon Fauset black African American woman fashion clothing
Poet and Critic Jessie Redmon Fauset
Cloche Hats and Furs

1929 Spellman Collage students
1929 Spellman College Students
New Orleans Jazz Band

Fats Domino
1920s Nina Mae McKinney

1928 Negro American magazine
1928 Negro American Magazine
Beautiful Hat, Fur Stole, and Dress in the Late 1920s

Josephine Baker wears a knit dress 1920s black woman
Josephine Baker Wears a Knit Dress
1929 Mrs Oscar Jessie Williams De Priest

1920s Gladys Bentley often performed in a white formal suit/tuxedo
Gladys Bentley Often Performed in a White Formal Suit/Tuxedo
1930s Ada Bricktop Smith with Louis Cole wearing a full dress tuxedo
1920s 1930s Ada ‘Bricktop’ Smith with Louis Cole Wearing a Full Dress Tuxedo

1920s black mens fashion, Dapper men in wool summer suits, two tone shoes
Dapper Men in Wool Suits and Two-Tone Shoes

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